The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has in a press statement on Monday called on member states to protect the rights of women and girls against Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV). In the statement, ECOWAS clearly condemned the rise in cases of SGBV especially against children, noting that there were daily reports of children, especially toddlers who in many cases are raped to death, and it described...Read More
The Government of Sierra Leone (GOSL) has made a total payment of Le 42, 883, 440, 000 as tuition fees for 1, 871, 188 pupils in Pre-Primary, Junior and Senior Secondary schools in government and government-assisted schools for the second term of 2019/2020 school year. The Ministry of Finance in a statement on Thursday June 25, 2020, said that it made the payment as part of GOSL’s commitment to support...Read More
Darlington Collier, a security guard who allegedly stole 1000 litres of Diesel from George Taylor Lewis to whom he was assigned to provide guard duties was on Thursday June 24, 2020, arraigned before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie of Court No.1 on Pademba Road. According to the information from the police charge sheet, the value of item the Collier is said to have stolen exceeds Le 11 million. The accused is being...Read More
President Julius Maada Bio has on Tuesday June 23, 2020 encouraged an extra-ordinary virtual summit with colleague Heads of State and Government of the member states of the West Africa Monetary Zones (WAMZ) to unite in achieving the single currency agenda. With Eco being the proposed name of the new currency, the goal is to merge it with the West African CFA franc, used by most French-speaking members of the...Read More
Bed J, Coco Rhymes and Strokes, local musicians from a local music label in Freetown, Cloud Diamond Multimedia, have recently released a song titled ‘Hands of Our Girls’ to raise awareness on and condemn rape and violence against women and girls in the country. Coco Rhymes, who contributed in the song, said that they had been inspired to do the song by the ill-treatment without justice which girls are undergoing...Read More
